MEE 452 Spring 2002: Homework (HW) & Project Assignments:
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Spring Break Mo, 3/11-15/02

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Homework No. 8: Assigned in week of  Mo, 3/4/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

Your design project proposal, we have been talking about before in lectures and preparing for it till now, is due on the last lecture before the Spring Break. The design project must involve a system with at least one heat exchanger and one pump. It should have an objective to accomplish some practical purpose in a real-life. The textbook and the references in it and given in class, should provide some examples and ideas to formulate your proposal. Think of it as a professional bid to obtain a contract from a possible customer. The proposal should have clear and concise description of project objectives and methods of how to accomplish them, as well as schematics of the proposed system and its major components.

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Homework No. 7: Assigned in week of  Mo, 2/25/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

This is a review week before our Midterm Exam on We, 3/6/02. Redo Example 4-9, p.301-304 and be ready to present it in class on Mo, 3/4/02. Make a list of all needed clarifications if you have problem understanding anything in this and previous chapters. Section 4-10 is interesting and challenging one, do you have any problem understanding it?

Do previous midterm problems for the next lecture meeting. [Sol.]

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Homework No. 6: Assigned in week of  Mo, 2/11/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

Review Chapter 4, p.252-329 including all examples (do not submit them) and prepare a written summary of the most important correlations for pumps and fans and be ready to give physical explanations. See Lecture Notes and Pumpschool.com. Use a Fluid Mechanics textbook if needed.

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Homework No. 5: Assigned in week of  Mo, 2/11/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

Study Chapter 3, p. 169-242 and all examples (do not submit them). Study in full details Example 3-6 and the corresponding MathCAD program and prepare a presentation for next lecture, similarly to my class presentation of Example 3-2. Submit a handout/summary of your presentation by emphasizing the most important items. You should be able to explain meaning of every formula and all quantitative values in the program and show where they come from (refer to the corresponding Textbook page # or other reference if needed).

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Homework No. 4: Assigned in week of  Mo, 2/4/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

(Due in 7 days after assigned). Study (Review) Chapter 2, p. 98-159 and redo all Examples 2-1 to 2-7. In class, I gave a brief review of the heat transfer background as related to the heat exchangers. You have to expend on it and prepare a written summary of the chapter's review (what you think is the most important). Prepare to give a presentation for next week as explained in class. The material in this chapter is the review of the heat transfer fundamentals (it is the prerequisite for this course) and you should be familiar with it. We'll use Chapter 2 heat transfer basics for the Heat Exchanger design, covered in Chapter 3 later.

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Homework No. 3: Assigned in week of  Mo, 1/28/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

1. Study Chapter 1, p. 43-70 (see Lecture Notes and see PDF format) and redo Example 1-13 using the Hardy-Cross method with friction factor expressions (as in the lecture) and using Given-Find function (as HW#2). Compare the results.
2. Solve Problem 15, Ch.1, p. 79-80, using the Hardy-Cross method
3. Solve Example from first week lecture in details (as orally explained), using the procedures of Ch.1 from the textbook. The Given-Find function, general method is recommended, but you may use any calculation procedure you like. You have to include all given data and assume reasonable values for whatever else is needed to calculate sizes of all piping branches to satisfy the given conditions. You should try to use data from our textbook first and then use other references if necessary.

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Homework No. 2: Assigned in week of  Mo, 1/21/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

Study Chapter 1, p. 1-43 (see Lecture notes in PDF format) and redo all even numbered Examples (2, 4, 6) by increasing independent variables by 30% (see Note about Reading and Example Homework).

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Homework No. 1b: Assigned in week of  Mo, 1/14/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

• Search library, internet or other resources/references on our first topic, Introduction to Design and Analysis and Project Initiation, (see PPT Lecture notes, and PDF format for printing) and study it with an objective to understand and use the subject to define and apply the methods on your future project(s). Submit a 2-3 page written report (with references) about your findings and understanding, and about preliminary idea what would you like to work on for your project. You may change your mind later if you want or have to. Remember, design is a creative process, i.e. the art of applying engineering knowledge and experience ... to create a new products and processes which satisfy human needs ...
  
• Review and recalculate all results presented during the Design Example lecture  (see PPT Lecture notes, and PDF format for printing) and give your comments related to the given Example and the Introductory lecture. This should give you an idea to formulate a proposal for your project in the near future. Many of the technical details and procedure related to Fluid-Thermal System design will be covered during the semester. 
  NOTE: There may be some mistakes or inconsistencies in the presented Example as discussed in class.

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Homework No. 1a: Assigned in week of  Mo, 01/14/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

1. Print our class Syllabus and Class/HW/Lab/Exam Policies, posted on my Web site, www.kostic.niu.edu, sign and bring it for our next class meeting. Read the syllabus and its relevant links very carefully, and clarify with me all your concerns and doubts during our next class meeting.
2. Revew Let's get acquainted-First Things First!*[PDF format is convenient for printing].
3. Send me an email (kostic@ceet.niu.edu) with the subject line (exactly but without quotes, you may cut-and-paste): " MEE 452Sp02 Student E-mail Contact ," and a 100-150 word free-assay by introducing yourself and expressing your expectations and concerns about the subject after reviewing the syllabus. I need this email immediately to get your email address and make up email group list for our class, so that I could send you future class information via email.

Textbook: Hodge, B.K. and R.P. Taylor, Analysis and Design of Energy Systems, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999.

References:
Stoecker, W., Design of Thermal Systems, McGraw-Hill
Burmeister, L.C., Elements of Thermal-Fluid System Design, Prentice Hall, 1998.
Jaluria, Y., Design and Optimisation of Thermal Systems, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Janna, W.S., Design of Fluid Thermal Systems, PWS-Kent Publishing, 1993.

Etc….

Additional references will be given during the lectures along with handouts.

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